Tracy Morgan and Tina Fey are teaming up for a single-camera comedy pilot at NBC — and no, this story is not a reprint from the 2005-06 development season about 30 Rock.
Morgan is set to star in a show from writers Sam Means (30 Rock, Girls5Eva) and Robert Carlock (also a 30 Rock alum) in which he plays a disgraced former football player on a mission to rehabilitate his image. Fey, Carlock, Means and Morgan are all executive producing.
The project is the first formal pilot order NBC has handed out this season, though it has a handful of other shows in development.
The NBC pilot is the second show Morgan has committed to recently. He’s also starring in Crutch, a spinoff of CBS’ The Neighborhood that will run on Paramount+. Should the NBC pilot go to series, his deal will allow him to star in both shows.
Universal Television, where Fey, Carlock and Means all have overall deals, is producing the currently untitled pilot. Along with those three and Morgan, Eric Gurian and David Miner also executive produce. Rhys Thomas (Saturday Night Live) will direct and exec produce the pilot.
NBC has renewed two of its four current comedies, Happy’s Place and St. Denis Medical, for the 2025-26 season. The network has yet to decide on the futures of Night Court and Lopez vs. Lopez.
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